Heart Break Kodak
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{{Infobox album
| name = Heart Break Kodak
| type = mixtape
| artist = Kodak Black
| cover = Heart Break Kodak album cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2018|02|14}}
| genre = R&B{{Cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/kodak-black-heart-break-kodak/ |title=Kodak Black: Heart Break Kodak Album Review |work=Pitchfork |access-date=November 27, 2018}}
| length = 60:12
| label = Atlantic
| producer = {{hlist|Ben Billions|C-Clipz Beatz|Daniel Worthy|Dyryk|Frank Dukes|Helluva|Infamous|Murda Beatz|Schife|Scott Styles|Scott Supreme|SkipOnDaBeat|The 90s}}
| prev_title = F.E.M.A.
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title = Dying to Live
| next_year = 2018
| misc = {{singles|name=Heart Break Kodak|single1=Codeine Dreaming|single1date=November 24, 2017|type=mixtape}}
}}
Heart Break Kodak is the seventh mixtape by American rapper Kodak Black.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8099681/kodak-black-heartbreak-kodak-project-stream|title=Stream Kodak Black's 'Heartbreak Kodak' Project Featuring Lil Wayne & Tory Lanez|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 27, 2018}} It was released on February 14, 2018, via Atlantic Records.{{Cite web|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/new-music/2018/02/kodak-black-heartbreak-kodak-album/|title=Kodak Black Drops 'Heartbreak Kodak' Album - XXL|work=XXL Mag|access-date=November 27, 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/kodak-black-announces-new-album-heartbreak-kodak-drops-new-video-new-video.43169.html|title=Kodak Black Announces New Album "Heartbreak Kodak," Drops New Video|work=HotNewHipHop|access-date=November 27, 2018}} The mixtape features guest appearances by Lil Wayne and Tory Lanez, meanwhile the production was handled by Murda Beatz, Helluva, Ben Billions, Dyryk, and C-Clipz Beatz, among others.{{Cite web|url=http://rapradar.com/2018/02/14/new-mixtape-kodak-black-heartbreak-kodak/|title=New Mixtape: Kodak Black 'Heartbreak Kodak'|work=Rap Radar|access-date=November 27, 2018}}
Background
The mixtape was teased by Black on social media, he shared heart-themed images along with the hashtag "#HBK".{{Cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2018/02/kodak-black-shares-new-project-heartbreak-kodak|title=Kodak Black Shares New Project 'Heart Break Kodak'|work=Complex|access-date=November 27, 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.antimusic.com/news/18/February/15Kodak_Black_Releases_R-B_Album_Heartbreak_Kodak.shtml|title=Kodak Black Releases R&B Album 'Heartbreak Kodak'|work=AntiMusic|access-date=November 27, 2018}} The mixtape's release was announced a day before, on February 13, 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2018/02/tracklist-production-credits-kodak-black-heartbreak-kodak-album/|title=See Tracklist for Kodak Black's 'Heartbreak Kodak' Album |work=XXL Mag|access-date=November 27, 2018}} The mixtape was released while Black was in jail, serving a sentence he received for charges including "grand theft of a firearm, possession of marijuana, and two counts of probation violation".{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8099480/kodak-black-new-project-heartbreak-kodak-valentines-day|title=Kodak Black Announces Anti-Valentine's Day Project 'Heartbreak Kodak'|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 27, 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/music/news/kodak-black-drops-valentines-day-mixtape-from-jail-1202698657/|title=Kodak Black Drops Valentine's Day Mixtape — From Jail (Listen)|last=Aswad|first=Jem|date=February 14, 2018|work=Variety|access-date=November 27, 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://thesource.com/2018/02/03/kodak-black-new-album-way-titled-heartbreak-kodak/|title=Kodak Black Has A New Album On The Way Titled 'Heartbreak Kodak'|date=February 3, 2018|work=The Source|access-date=November 27, 2018}}
Critical reception
{{album ratings
| rev1 = HipHopDX{{Cite web |url=https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.3101/title.review-kodak-black-bleeds-emotion-on-heart-break-kodak |title=Review: Kodak Black Bleeds Emotion On "Heart Break Kodak" |work=HipHopDX |access-date=November 27, 2018}}
| rev1score = 3.8/5
| rev2 = Pitchfork
| rev2score = 5.0/10
}}
Pitchfork described the mixtape as "a war waged for Kodak's heart by the streets and unnamed lovers." HipHopDX called the mixtape an "808s & Heartbreak meets the trap (minus any of the game-changing elements)". The mixtape's theme is described by PopKiller as "drugs and wealth, revolves around amorities and angels and demons with this binding".{{cite web|url=https://www.popkiller.pl/2018-02-14%2Ckodak-black-wydaje-mixtape-na-walentynki-heartbreak-kodak|title=Kodak Black wydaje mixtape na Walentynki 'Heartbreak Kodak'|author=Zdrojewski, Michal|work=PopKiller|access-date=November 27, 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Kodack-Black-Releases-First-Ever-RB-Project-HEARTHBREAK-KODAK-In-Celebration-of-Valentines-Day-20180214|title=Kodack Black Releases First Ever R&B Project HEARTHBREAK KODAK In Celebration of Valentine's Day|work=Broadway World|access-date=November 27, 2018}} AllMusic described the mixtape as an "R&B-influenced than his prior work, with the rapper singing more frequently than before".{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/heart-break-kodak-mw0003151136|title=Heart Break Kodak - Kodak Black - Songs, Reviews, Credits|last=Simpson|first=Paul|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=November 27, 2018}}
Track listing
Credits adapted from BMI.{{cite web|url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/StartPage.aspx|title=BMI {{!}} Repertoire Search|publisher=BMI|access-date=December 18, 2018|at=Select "TITLE", type "Song" in the search engine, and click "Search".|archive-date=April 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406022825/http://repertoire.bmi.com/StartPage.aspx|url-status=dead}}
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 60:12
| title1 = Running Outta Love
| writer1 = {{hlist|Dieuson Octave|Shane Lindstrom|Adam Feeney}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|Murda Beatz|Frank Dukes}}
| length1 = 3:45
| title2 = Bill and Jill
| writer2 = {{hlist|Octave|Derek Garcia}}
| extra2 = Dyryk
| length2 = 3:49
| title3 = Hate Being Alone
| writer3 = {{hlist|Octave|Scott Styles|Scott Supreme|Marcus White}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|Scott Styles|Scott Supreme}}
| length3 = 4:04
| title4 = Acting Weird
| writer4 = {{hlist|Octave|Garcia}}
| extra4 = Dyryk
| length4 = 4:03
| title5 = Codeine Dreaming
| note5 = featuring Lil Wayne
| writer5 = {{hlist|Octave|Benjamin Diehl|Marco Rodriguez-Diaz|Ian Lewis|Dwayne Carter Jr.}}
| extra5 = {{hlist|Ben Billions|Schife|Infamous}}
| length5 = 4:24
| title6 = Why You Always Gotta Go
| writer6 = {{hlist|Octave|Garcia}}
| extra6 = Dyryk
| length6 = 3:20
| title7 = Laudy
| writer7 = {{hlist|Octave|Garcia}}
| extra7 = Dyryk
| length7 = 4:01
| title8 = Fuck With You
| note8 = featuring Tory Lanez
| writer8 = {{hlist|Octave|Garcia|Daystar Peterson}}
| extra8 = Dyryk
| length8 = 3:35
| title9 = I Get Lonely
| writer9 = {{hlist|Octave|Diehl|Rodriguez-Diaz}}
| extra9 = {{hlist|Ben Billions|Infamous}}
| length9 = 3:33
| title10 = Loyal
| writer10 = {{hlist|Octave|Jermaine Smith}}
| extra10 = C-Clip Beatz
| length10 = 2:45
| title11 = Corrupted
| writer11 = {{hlist|Octave|J. Smith}}
| extra11 = C-Clip Beatz
| length11 = 2:41
| title12 = Kicking In
| writer12 = {{hlist|Octave|Edgar Ferrera|Daniel Smith}}
| extra12 = {{hlist|SkipOnDaBeat|Daniel Worthy}}
| length12 = 3:09
| title13 = Call You
| writer13 = {{hlist|Octave|Diehl}}
| extra13 = Ben Billions
| length13 = 4:20
| title14 = No Feelings
| writer14 = {{hlist|Octave|Windell Durrant|Ijah Cheatham-Stoute}}
| extra14 = The 90s
| length14 = 3:02
| title15 = Helluva Love
| writer15 = {{hlist|Octave|Martin McCurtis}}
| extra15 = Helluva
| length15 = 3:37
| title16 = When Vultures Cry
| writer16 = {{hlist|Octave|Martin McCurtis}}
| extra16 = Helluva
| length16 = 3:20
| title17 = Feb 14
| writer17 = {{hlist|Octave|J. Smith}}
| extra17 = C-Clip Beatz
| length17 = 3:20
| all_writing =
}}
Charts
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scope="col"| Chart (2018)
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{{Album chart|BillboardCanada|34|artist=Kodak Black|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 27, 2023}} |
{{Album chart|Billboard200|25|artist=Kodak Black|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 28, 2018}} |
{{Album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|15|artist=Kodak Black|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 27, 2023}} |